compact francois for news and i'm hexi my spokane and this is live from. the headlines this hour. in a blow to the lgbt community u. s. president donald trump takes to twitter. to announce that he plans to ban transgender people from serving in the u. s. symmetry. nbi s. announces a fresh wave of sanctions against venezuela's president nicolas maduro and his allies. this as the country's opposition leader calls on the country's workers to support a forty eight hour general strike. the latest protests against the government's plans to rewrite the constitution. and wild fires continue to rage through forests along fox's mediterranean coast.

at least ten thousand people over power vaccinated as more than one thousand three hundred hectares of land. full victim to the flames . u. s. president donald trump has announced that he is bothering transgender people. serving in the military it. trump's explanation for the move the tremendous medical costs and disruption. apparently caused by the presence of personnel who have at one point to anothe. decided to self identify with agenda different from the one they were born into. outside of anselm de and which represents the lgbt population in the military. is threatening legal action if trumpet doesn't retract his announcement sean gaffney has this report. an announcement from the pentagon in june last year.

were ending the ban on transgender americans in the united states military. effective immediately the just over twelve months later black policy is being overturned. in a series of tweets presidents donald trump's and transgender individuals would no longer be allowed to serve openly in the u. s. armed forces. he said the military couldn't be burdened with what he called tremendous medical coast fun disruptio. chelsea manning also took to twitter with the transgender former soldier. keys to the biggest baddest ministry on earth of cowardice. it's not the first time trump has targeted the transgender community in february he repeals protections introduced by president obama. which underlies transgender students use bathrooms according to their gender identity trump hasn't sat once will happen to transgender people already serving in the military.

it's estimated that up to two and a half thousand such individuals are on active juicy. with as many as two hundred and fifty service members in the process of transitioning to their preferred gender. equality now campaigners are threatening to take legal action if the president's decision is not terrorists. well to discuss what trumps latest pronouncement means for lgbt rights because live now to brussels to speak would be owned by whose intel who's the program's director. at the you prawns off the internationalist being gay bisexual trans and intersex association. who want thank you very much fist two us president trump has previously said he did everything he could? to protect lgbt communities how does that statement now sound in light of trump's latest announcement. i think me movements across the world guilty movement is responding to the great disappointments doom but has happened today. its

announcement is indeed very inconsistent with. his early our election promises to be an ally to be out here at a community. and it's it's concerning. data because of the recent stuff he quotes around it increase of medical costs and. i did disruptions to the military knows our dissident noun verb danceable. decent state equals and i mean and been doing this we think that the president trump projects trans people isn't very or i'm not worth equal treatment sort of expects from their premiums go sometimes. and what do you think is the significance of wanting to exclude trans gendered people from the military specifically. well specifically. that it is of course a sign and saying we dance trance people that have no place in the military but he is saying is that that is because of the costs that come with it. and we think that there's a lot of stigma and discrimination that's that is hidden. at behind it's the idea of transport

would not serve any term says restraints or heterosexual. and nice which of course is not true. around and the significance six that it sends out a signal that the performance. and doesn't welcome transcom unities and debts does not only am i and can the u. s.n back the clock. it strips executive orders have turned back quickly and a lot of things unfortunately already and has leads to to to backlash in in the very of various areas of social policy. and so we are afraid to that

that this is indeed loans will be realized. that we're standing in solidarity. with the bit our collection do you wrestle announced. at a debatable i legally ar. look take action to to to describe this band from from happening we hope that that is going to succeed. m. and we hope also that the us government is going to know at. the exxon posting europe and examples of either a forced and nice including australia canada new siemens and and a couple of other countries where trans people are welcome in the military and bear. no cost of medical anoint recent medical costs have been cited for its and. technology issues being reported entrance people being part. of the force that lies. you wanna vanderhoof intel thank you very much for speaking to us here in france twenty four the bele.

cool workers to embark on a two day general strike. it's their latest effort in a bid to pressure majuro. into abandoning weekend elections for a super conquest they say it will undermine the country's democracy. we're seeing them all images from caracas very recent machines off protest as. closely as you can see that with police sean gaffney tells us more. the streets of caracas a quieter than usual. as many venezuelans stay home in support of two days of strike action. makeshift roadblocks of been constructed from string and tape. by locals angry at president maduro's plans to form a new assembly and rewrite the call. shin. the bands are getting. old dennis whelan's must support this because we need a change of government. we need to change the politics in the country. con go on like this one thing on human rights being violated all the time each state their small insecurity in the

streets that's a lack of food. across the heavy mandel. a controversial vote to elect members of the congress will be held on sunday. opponents of madeira of rallying supporters ahead of the election. opposition leader leopoldo lopez has called in the army not to crackdown on protest. personally i see say busy. if the constituent assembly fraud is carried out in the coming days yearly national guard troops have the right to stop but the government's plan. if you do that you will be able to count on the people and the little aptly you can count on the citizens. and the prosecution to be there to defend here and i think that. the forty eight hour strike will culminate with a street protest on friday dubbed the takeover of caracas. despite intense internal pressure. and threats of u. s. economic sanctions. the president insists that sunday's vote will go ahead.

to the south of france now well wild fires continue to wreak havoc three days after they began. authorities have ordered the evacuation of more than ten thousand people in the fall region on the code does heal. the picturesque area of bullet mimosa surrounded by dense forest and extremely popular with tourists this time of year. has been particularly badly hit. those asked to leave their homes and campsites sought refuge in sports centers and local beaches. as some six hundred firefighters continue to fight the flames catherine viet has this report. watching from the beach as planes dropped water on nearby wildfires. reinforcements have been called in to battle blazes near the holiday town of boringly mimosa. firefighting planes and helicopters have been dropping tons of water on the dry scrubland. has acted like tender for the fast moving fires. i don't you know my own mail nine though didn't click so

as you can see behind me. fires growing again. some really the. so all of our teams are now concentrated on the left side to limit the spread of the fire. i want to avoid a fight coming down to the village of poem. you think referral or there's some sort of usual do a double. on tuesday night officials were forced to issue an evacuation order. twelve thousand people either slept on the beach or made it to temporary shelters. like this one in a local gym. many were on vacation at local campsites. now they're waiting to find out when they'll be allowed to go back. ntfc we get back to the camp will continue on as a. we've looked for a week. otherwise we'll leave. we're waiting for instructions. we don't know what's going to happen. morning everyone not to panic the mayor osborne limo melissa said many will have to spend another night in

emergency shelters. for all muscles paused for the moment it's going well but it's true people are getting impatient they want to return to homes but sadly that's not at all possible must put into placebo. strong winds are complicating efforts to get the wildfires under control. frances as the e. u. for help in battling the blazes. well for more on this fire is still raging in the south of france will be able to cross a to a ghastly senior experts. healthy resilience program at the european forest institute. a little bit later on. now one via offset father jack unveiled was noted as he let morning mass. a memorial ceremony has been held out his church in sun city and do who i. addressing the crowds french president emina michael. described. a moshe too small has become a reminder of resistance in the face of bigotry. two nineteen year old islamic extremists stormed a

most church last year. and slit his throat the islamic state group later claimed responsibility for that attack klieman boondoggle has the story. a solemn tributes to father jacques and mel. exactly one year after he was killed by two islamic state group militants. yeah i know all short books who. programs president eminem macklemore attended a special mass held in memory of the deceased priest. followed by a ceremony to unveil a commemorative clar. attended by second and sister and local officials. they do not pre gave really know these two murderous wanted to exacerbate the failures of french people leisure thought that you had already been scarred by the july fourteenth attack in these. but once again. thanks to you. they failed isn't the. july twenty sixth last year.

two men armed with knives attacked father i'm majoring morning mass. the attackers were shot and killed by the police. but not before taking three nuns and two worshippers hostage. and monitoring the elderly priest. the former mayor of salt it's enjoyable place as the town's emotional scars still run deep. one here on. no progress from pune. just screwed us it was so people find some deep within themselves capacity to resist. and not only the capacity to resist a. little flirty ability to keep going. working for the green valley ne hulu necessary. religious figures from across the country came to pay tribute to father jack a man. including muslim leaders who condemns the use of religion to justify terrorist attacks. once upon a time all we have to teach the youth to be very vigilant he's very intimate relation of certain aspects of islam. there are

number of concepts such as jane had we deviate from the teachings of this religion aquasox will cease to. the catholic church says it's officially started the process to make father i'm al a saint. pope francis describing the priest as a martyr who died on the altar. the european union has said it's not ruling out suspending poland's voting rights in the block if the country pushes ahead with a legal oval hole that would curtail the independence of the judiciary. that despite the polish president surprise decision to veto elements of the government's controversial proposals. who also has condemned the eu's comments as blackmail? insisting that the concerned bills do comply with the country's constitution. now one day it's the two main players in libya's protracted conflicts and the next it's international pop megastar. rhianna french president emina michael has welcomed ownby sing a

reality and he's a palace. after she often via twitter to contribute to the clone reliable foundation the charity she founded. to fund education and health initiatives for the world's poorest communities. the woman behind global hates like umbrella and diamonds was first created by brigitte mccall. the full official talks with the president. well i n't. eighty. and they were incredibly welcoming to us. we focused on the topic of education from global aspects and. we're gonna make a very big announcement this coming september genuine league but. we'll go on to do even more work this october in africa. i was so inspired and impressed with his leadership and. i can't wait for you guys to hear. where this is going to go but i think this is the year for? education and. thank you so much.

breanna anthy and he's a pads. now this wednesday in france french director luc besson is releasing his science fiction epic than aryan and the city. of a thousand planets it colson i will trigger a one hundred and ninety seven million euros to make. meaning it's the most expensive european film ever produced and the most expensive independent film as a produced. delano d'souza takes a spin through a world of gargantuan monsters intergalactic battles and magical pose anti male so catch another glimpse. of rhiannon that t. fourteen. it's the latest blockbuster on outer space. i still. so life space and time travelling agents malaria and i'm laura lane n't. there are twenty eight cent. apple tossed saving the universe. the movie is based on the scientific graphic novels that director luc basil's been a fan of

since the age of ten. the director took miller in on the city of thousand planets of the big screen with the help of two special effects studios. which made star wars and i'm a top and a budget of nearly two hundred million euros. and it may your wound. yeah i'm offered the best in the world we had to wait for james cameron to make avatar so we could get the technological tools that we needed to make this movie. can a bellman defensive shimano. the film is inspired from the universe created over fifty years ago but yeah chris i'm john claude messier. after having invented flying taxis for the fifth element missy picked up his crayons once again for basil. this song sinatra debates what's best songs that these are little reader who adopted us on only one he kept in mind his emotions as a young readers. me and two taffy but it was done in a manner that really pleased me mom background

really nnova. fan the graphic novel meanwhile a week the movie with impatience your government has. i watched the trailer. i see things from the comic book bound by of the characters look the same. it's been respected graphically off to get coffee. barbecue he took a big risk in what i have high expectations we're looking forward to watching it. well they're in and the city of the thousand planets debuted in the united states a week before its official release. in front. it's nine eighteen pm here in paris reminded now all of our top headlines. in a blow to the lgbt community us presidents donald trump takes a twitch set to announce that he plans to ban transgender people. from serving in the u. s. citrix. nbi u. s. announces a fresh wave of sanctions against venezuela's president nicolas maduro and his allies. this as the country's opposition leader calls on the country's workers to support a forty eight hour

general strike. the latest protest against the government's plans to re write the constitution. and wild fires continue to rage through forests along france's mediterranean coas. at least ten thousand people were evacuated as more than one thousand three hundred hectares of land. full victim to the flames. but it's time now for business with kate moody height kate to studying in the uk which is stepping up its efforts to jews and pollution matt's right following in the footsteps of the french government. britain has said it will start phasing out and eventually banned the sale of new petrol and diesel cars. it's part of three point four billion euro plan which includes investment in sparking cycling facilities. charging stations for electric cars and money for greener buses. and what maxwell has the details. leaving gas guzzling vehicles in the dust. the uk says will ban the sale of petrol and diesel because from twenty forty. we have to get rid of petrol

and diesel because all four roads were going to make sure not only that we do with the health problems that air pollution causes. but also that we meet our climate change targets. prince hassan the same goal. will norway and the netherlands hans von fossil fuel powered vehicles by twenty twenty five. and the car industry has begun to respond. well they became the first traditional or to make it to set the dates lesson two years away. phasing out vehicles powered solely by the internal combustion engine. companies from bmw to readiness on a moving the same way. with plans for a lecture called developments. but germany's automotive industry one of thehe larget employers in the country could prove hard to sell. an electric motor has fewer components and takes less than a third of the time of the combustion engine to make. subban untraditional cost put six hundred thousand jobs in the country at risk. the german manufacturer mercedes benz daimler is bucking the trends.

and it's got to fight for the so called new generation diesel technology. which it says can help reduce co two emissions. but with the uk representing the largest single export market for john the manufacturers. dina may be fighting a losing battle. german carmaker's a volkswagen and daimler convened emergency board meetings this wednesday. they're facing allegations that they participated in a price fixing cartel to limit competition over the past two decades. bmw audi and porsche are also implicated. european commission said it had opened an investigation this weekend. volkswagen and said it was not taking an official position after that meeting. but that exchanges between manufacturers on technical issues were not abnormal. let's check in on the day's trading action now the major european indices closed upwards. tech council meeting with gains of about half a percentage point frankfort docks about a third. on wall street we've seen at new record highs for the dow jones s. and p. and nasdaq. at shares in boeing

also trading up about eight percent and once again hitting a record high there. is it raised its full year earnings guidance. investors have been watching as the federal reserve wraps up a two day policy meeting as expected the american central bank has kept its key interest rate unchanged at between one and one point two five percent. but it said it expects to begin winding down its money tree stimulus quote relatively soon. many economists believe that could start in september. that involves paring back the florida half trillion dollar balance sheet. to build up by buying treasury and other assets after the financial crisis. inflation and wage growth are still key concerns for the fed is it looks ahead. but it said it expects the labor market to continue strengthening. the uk economy extent banded point three percent in the three months from april to june slightly out pacing the first quarter's point to. the office for national statistics said there was a notable slowdown in growth from last year. the

manufacturing and construction sectors holding back activity. economists warn that uncertainty about brags it remains high and the high inflation rates are putting additional pressure on consumers. yeah i methods echoed those concerns earlier this week downgraded its forecast for uk growth to one point seven percent for this year. a commercial court in northern france has ruled that a bulgarian businessman can take over a factory threatened with closure. nearly all of the four hundred seventy one workers will keep their jobs tina factory. which makes engine cabins for heavy machinery. unions accuse the government of forgetting about their case because they weren't making enough of a fuss. there's been concerns about the financial viability of a takeover bid from phil filippov atlas group. but unions and local officials celebrated the decision on wednesday. did you talk i suppose what has worked in the building of bosnia's serbs in new areas that still developing. shape if the company didn't have a future we would not have been able to save it and then police captain who had during the industrial

action booklets of law. moving on from the day's other business headlines no. nintendo's quarterly revenue rose by nearly a hundred and fifty percent compared to the same period a year ago. with about one point four billion dollars. japanese giant said its new switch console had boosted sales. in share price is up about forty five percent since its launch in march. consumers of welcome to healthier noncarbonated drinks from coca cola. which reported in nine point seven billion dollars worth of revenue for the second quarter. has a drop of sixteen percent but it is better than expected. nicholas struggled with stagnating sales of its classic sugary sodas. that was making progress in adding new options. and hackers have targeted italy's largest bank unicredit. lenders that personal data of some four hundred thousand clients have been compromised into attacks over the last ten months. it's one of the most severe breach to affect a major european bank. credits it was working to modernize and

better secure its it system. paris welcomed a record two point six million foreign visitors in the first four months of this year. that's nearly twenty percent increase from the same period in twenty sixteen. the figures of the latest indicator rebounded frances tourism industry which had suffered in the wake of a series of terrorist attacks across the country beginning in twenty fifteen. the tourism ministry expects a five to six percent increase in overall rivals to france this year. for a new record of eighty nine million visitors. summer months will be key. according to the director of the famous one british cabaret in the capital. so and even says that the last two months that we've been open in may and june have been encouraging for us as we welcome the same number of terrorists as we were doing twenty fifteen and twenty four teams. for the first time since the terrorist attacks on indicators a rule in the green for the months of july and august. and those will be key months an outcome and that's that's one supposed. nothing is to open its first

new kit kat picked factory in twenty six years. the site in western japan will cater exclusively to the unusual flavors of the chocolate bar which are available there. including was savvy sake and must check t. flavored kit kats. yes he's been offering more than three hundred varieties of kit kats for decades. sales of recently though been visited by tourists to japan who are spending more than ever. in a special store in an underground a shopping center in central tokyo. boxes of those high and flavors sell for more than one thousand five hundred yen. or around eleven euros per box of those very special edition kit kats taxi i am very intrigued by those who sell the kit kats community with the business thank you thank much. that's all we have time for right now but the state to double back in just a couple of minutes. wiggle off topic well he's headlights and after that to to calvin smith will be taking my place. with eye on africa your look at all of the day's top stories from across the country and to see it you

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